A judge considering convicted murderer Darlene Gentry’s appeal has ruled that her request for a new trial should be denied.

The Court of Criminal Appeals denied a request for a new trial for Darlene Gentry, ruling Wednesday that her murder conviction in the 2005 shooting death of her husband will stand.

Matt Gentry retired last week after more than four decades in journalism in Virginia. Columnist Dan Casey reviews that career and how it started in the New River Valley in the late 1970s.

Jackson police are searching for a suspect after a 53-year-old man was fatally shot multiple times Wednesday, June 18, on Gentry Street.

Jackson police are searching for a suspect after a 53-year-old man was fatally shot multiple times Wednesday, June 18, on Gentry Street.

Gentry is a past president of the Cobb County Bar Association. Gentry will be installed as the 64th president of the State Bar of Georgia in June 2026.

Jackson police are searching for a suspect after a 53-year-old man was fatally shot multiple times Wednesday, June 18, on Gentry Street.

Jackson police are searching for a suspect after a 53-year-old man was fatally shot multiple times Wednesday, June 18, on Gentry Street.

Jackson police are searching for a suspect after a 53-year-old man was fatally shot multiple times Wednesday, June 18, on Gentry Street.